Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-09

freely ofsubjects suggested by the situation
Falkner exhibiting a general knowledg
and intuition of things without parade o
~dogmatism. Doubtful Of all versatility a
Kate was, she could not help admitting Il
herself that his truths were none the les
true for their quantity or that he got a
them without ostentatiOus processes. Hi
talk certainly was more picturesque thai
her brothers. and less subduing to he
faculties. John had always crushed her
When they returned 10 the house he die
not linger in the parlor or sitting room
but at once reioined bis friend. WheI
dinner was ready in the dining room, {
little more deliberately arranged and orna
mented than usual, the two women wert
somewhat surprised to receive an excus,
from Falkner, begging them to allow hin
for the present to take his meals with the
patient and thus save the necessity Of an
other attendant.
1T is all shyness Kate" said Mrs
Hale, confidently, ''and must not be per
mitted for q moment"
"I'm sure l should be quite willing tC
stay with the poor boy myself" said Mrs,
Scott, simply, ''and take Mr.. Falkner's
place while he dimes"
''You are too willing, mother" said Mrs
Hale pertly, land your poor boy as you
call him, will never see 80 again"
HE will never see any other birthday
retorted her mother, ''unless youkeep him
more quiet. He only talks when you're
in the foom."
SHE wants some relief to his friends
long face and mustaches that make him
look prematurely in mourning, said Mrs,
Hale, with a slight increase of animation
~ don't propose to leave them too much
together. After dinner we'll adjourn t.
their room and Tighten it upa little. You
must come, Kate, to look at the patient
and counteract the baleful effects of my
frivOlity."
Mrs. Hale's instincts were truer than hel
mothers experience; not only that the
wounded mans eyes became brighter
under the %provocation of her presence, but
it was evident that naturally %exuberant
spirits were a part of his vital strength,
and were absolutely essential to his quick
recovery. Encouraged by Falkner's grave
and practical assistance, which she could
not ignore, Kate ventured to make an eX'
animation of Lees wound. Even to bel
Impractical eye it was less serious than a
first appeared. The great loss of blood
had been due to the laceration of certain
small vessels below the knee, but neither
artery nor bone was injured. A recur'
renee of the hemorrhage or fever was the
only thing to be feared, and these could
be averted by bandaging, repose anC
simple nursing.
The unfailing good humor of the patient
underthis manipulation, the quaint origin
atty of his speech, the freedom OF his fancy
which was, however, always controlled by
a certain instructive tact, began to atfec
Kate nearly as it had the Others. Sh'
found herself laughing over the work sh'
undertaken in q pure sense of duty; sh'
Joined in the hilarity produced by Lee
affected terror of her surgical mania, ant
offered to undo the bandages in search {
the thimble he declared she had left in th
wound with aview to further experiments
"You ought to broaden your practice
he suggested. "a good deal might b
made out of Ned and a piece Of soap lei
carelessly on the first step of the staircase
while mountains of surgical %opportunitit
lie in a humble orange peel judiciously ex
posed. Only | warn you that you wouldn'